"Huh!?" Lucifer suddenly frowned, and the sword and shield reappeared in his hands, vigilantly looking towards the void not far away, shielding Bexia behind him.
"Crack!" A crack tore open in the space, and several shadows were thrown out like trash, revealing several immortal gods from the Star Gates. They were covered in blood, their breath weak and on the verge of disappearing, as if they were about to die at any moment!
"Who?!" Lucifer looked down into the crack in space as if facing a formidable enemy.
"Don't be nervous, comrades!" a lazy male voice came from the void. A figure slowly walked out, dressed in a white coat with a pair of dark glasses dangling on his nose. His hair was messy like a bird's nest, his chin covered in dense stubble, his eye sockets dark, eyes bloodshot, as if he hadn't slept for a long time!
"Master, be careful, this person is much stronger than me. If a battle breaks out later, master should leave immediately," Lucifer transmitted to Bexia.
"Stronger than you?!" Bexia was surprised at this seemingly ordinary man!
"He should be a creator god!"
"You two didn't even come back, don't you know how worried I was?" The man looked at Luo Cailing, Luo Ningxian, and Bexia, smiling.
"Humph! Dad, you're too busy to even see people. Xian and I couldn't find you!" Luo Cailing pouted, turning her head away in a manner that she didn't want to acknowledge the man. However, from her words, it was clear that the untidy man in front of her was actually their father, the Dean of Huanggu Academy!
"Cough!" The man felt a bit embarrassed being scolded by his own daughter. So, he pretended to cough and changed the subject, taking out a box from the pocket of his white coat, lighting a stick inside, and casually walked up to Bexia, asking, "Want one? It's something good I found in the ruins of the era!"
"By the way, I'm Luo Chen, Dean of Huanggu Academy, and the old man of Lying, Xian. You can call me Uncle Luo!" Luo Chen took a deep breath, exhaled some pungent smoke, then looked at Lucifer and said, "Don't stare at me like that. Although your injuries won't kill you, leaving trouble behind is not a good thing!"
"Kid, don't you take care of your maids?" Luo Chen turned his gaze to Bexia.
"Lucifer, you should recover first!" Bexia nodded at Lucifer. Since Luo Chen was Lying and Xian's father, there should be no harm to himself.
"What's wrong, Lying! Still mad at Dad?" Luo Chen walked past Bexia, gently picked up his two daughters, and, with a chin full of stubble, rubbed his daughter's face as she frowned.
"Humph! It's choking!" Luo Cailing grunted, pushing Luo Chen's face away. At the same time, Luo Ningxian quietly took the box from Luo Chen's coat pocket.
"Dad, you're smoking this stuff. If Mom finds out, I wonder how she'll deal with you!" Luo Ningxian said with a mischievous smile.
"Stop teasing! Dad rarely gets to come out for some fresh air!" Luo Chen, trying to please his daughters, said with a smile.
"That's also not allowed!" Luo Cailing took the paper box and flames soared in her palm, instantly turning the box into ashes!
"Fine! I won't smoke then!" Lu Chen looked mournful as he watched the ashes falling around him!
"Also, dad's beard is too long...."
"I'll shave it off right away!"
"The hair is messy too...."
"I'll tidy it up immediately...."
"And also...."
Looking at Lu Chen being lectured by his daughter with a puzzled expression, Bexia felt as if she had seen a different side of him. After all, he was a deity, right? Why did he feel like a low-ranking old father, especially the kind who was controlled by his daughters, doing whatever they said!
"I'll take you back to Qingqin first!" Lu Chen, feeling chastened after being scolded by his two daughters, turned to Bexia and said.
"That would be great, Uncle Lu, and it's a good time to let Lucifer rest properly too!" Bexia thanked him.
"Sure!" Lu Chen nodded, snapped his fingers, and two shadows popped out from the space behind him, creating a dimensional portal in front of him, just like the one Luo Cailing and Luo Ningxian had used before, but the construction speed was much faster!
If it wasn't because of the difference in equipment, then it was definitely due to Lu Chen's immense power, according to Bexia's guess, with a probability of ninety-nine percent!
"Cough—!" Lucifer suddenly covered her chest and coughed violently, a stream of blood flowing from her fingertips. Seeing this, Bexia immediately supported her and asked, "Lucifer, what's wrong?"
"It's nothing! My lord, don't worry!"
"You..." Bexia furrowed her brows and sensed Lucifer's condition. The injuries that were suppressed earlier flared up again due to Lu Chen's sudden appearance, causing more damage to her. This led to Lucifer coughing up blood now.
Under normal circumstances, beings rarely bleed after becoming immortal gods, as the divine blood solidifies inside their bodies and is controllable, unless they suffer from wounds that are beyond their control, causing the divine blood to flow out.
Hence, from this perspective, Lucifer had suffered a significant injury, as each drop of divine blood contained considerable power, and each loss was not as easy to recover from as normal blood loss, taking a long time to heal!
